New images from President Obama's socio-politcal events in Hawaii, Australia, New Hampshire...The White House has posted a new Flickr set for November, covering President Obama's busy month. It includes three previously unpublished photos with behind-the-scenes images from some of the President's dining adventures, taken by his official photographer, Pete Souza. None of the images focus on food, of course, but rather on the event being recorded. In the photo above, President Obama sits with First Lady Obama and leaders of Asia Pacific nations at the dinner for APEC Leaders at the Hale Koa Hotel on Waikiki Beach, on Nov. 12. The Leaders and spouses dining with the First Couple were not identified.
The menu was created by acclaimed Honolulu chef Alan Wong, who dished all the details to Obama Foodorama. The entree, Twice Cooked Soy Braised Short Ribs with Ko Choo Jang Sauce, is the President's favorite, according to Wong, who has served the President the dish each time he's visited the chef's eponymous restaurant during Christmas vacations in Hawaii. Wong is expecting a Presidential visit this year...if Mr. Obama ever makes it to Hawaii.
In the photo, above, Mr. Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard toast during the Parliamentary Dinner in his honor at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Nov. 16. The trip to Australia was the first of the Administration. The three-course menu for a guest list of hundreds, including Cabinet Ministers and Australian luminaries, starred regional favorites: Pan-fried Jewfish, lamb, and a pavlova with wattleseed. The White House previously released a different photo of the President and Gillard toasting.
Also new is the photo, above, snapped when the Presidnt stopped by Julien's Corner Kitchen in Manchester, New Hampshire, to have a 20-minute "lunch" with the Corkery family on November 22. The President sat with Chris Corkery and his wife Kathy, and their two sons, Andrew and Nicholas, before giving a speech at the local high school about middle class tax cuts.Mr. Corkery introduced the President at Central High School, where he was greeted by an audience of more than 1,200 as he warned Congress that failing to act on tax cuts "will hurt middle-class Americans." Almost a month later, President Obama is still issuing the same warning.
*Photos by Pete Souza/White House